Michael Raine

Alberta Agriculture has bundled its manure management resources into a single digital package and made it available to farmers. Department official Trevor Wallace said the Nutrient Management Suite Interactive CD makes a wealth of resources available in a single place for producers and agrologists. “We’ve never had all of these tools organized in one place,” […] Read more

Premium lentils are sold on quality, based on their having that red cotyledon and good milling efficiency. A Saskatchewan farmer and researcher said milling efficiency is something that producers can control. University of Saskatchewan research by agrologist Jesse Bruce of Moose Jaw, Sask., shows that the timing and method of harvest has a significant effect […] Read more

Fertilizer and commodity prices often dictate producers’ approaches to canola production, especially at seeding time. Maximizing yield in a financially effective manner is key to canola production, says Rigas Karamanos, an agronomy researcher with Viterra in Calgary. “You don’t want to come up short of nutrients when the prices are where they have been or […] Read more

They come in waves – products that promise to do more growing for less money. The waves usually occur when the price of fertilizer moves out of step with commodity prices. While prices for fertilizers such as nitrogen and phosphorus are lower than the stratospheric highs of 2008, this year’s prices are still stronger than […] Read more

Growing bigger wheat crops due to genetics is only a few cycles of the calendar away. But bigger yields can start this spring. Brian Beres told farmers attending the mid-February Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association’s annual conference in Saskatoon that they have the potential to profitably grow high yielding wheat varieties, but it is just that, […] Read more

Agco has released a new higher horsepower, mechanical front wheel assist tractor line into the North American market. Aimed at the forage industry and at row crop operators, the machines also have a fit in the mid-sized grain business in Canada, say Agco executives. The four machines in the Massey Ferguson 86 and Challenger MT600C […] Read more

Keeping a trough free of ice may not require keeping the water warm – it may just need to be kept from getting too cold. Will Oddie, a farmer from Lumsden, Sask., who also runs a solar power company, says the recent run of extreme cold weather prompted many livestock producers to consider their winter […] Read more